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FOR PUMPKIN
PASSED – 2024
Pumpkin, a Boston Terrier/Chihuahua mix, came to us from The Colony Animal Services in July of 2021. She was fourteen years old at the time. She had already had one eye removed when she was surrendered to the shelter. The reason for removal was unknown. However, the shelter veterinarian determined that Pumpkin had very little vision in the remaining eye due to glaucoma and so that eye was removed as well. On top of this, her intake medical examination performed by our veterinarian found that Pumpkin was also dealing with congestive heart failure.
In spite of these medical issues, Pumpkin was an amazingly energetic dog – that is, when she was not sleeping. I don’t think we had ever seen a dog that slept so deeply!! So deeply, in fact, that you could pick her up and move her from room to room and she wouldn’t wake up!! But when she was awake and ready for a walk, her gear changed to fast – as fast as possible.
Pumpkin may not have had eyes but that didn’t stop her from finding the treats. We hid them in a snuffle mat and of all the dogs at Dog Lodge, Pumpkin could find them the fastest.
For awhile, we thought that Pumpkin’s energy would go on forever! But in her 17th year everything changed. The changes that set upon her rapidly, both to her body and her personality, finally took away any quality of life for her. With great sadness we said goodbye…
We thought of you with love today,
But that is nothing new
We thought about you yesterday
And days before that too.
Now all we have are memories
And a picture in a frame,
We think of you in silence,
We often speak your name.
Your memory is our keepsake,
With which we’ll never part.
God has you in his keeping,
We have you in our heart.
